Cabineted graphophone.



T. H. MACDONALD. GABINETBD GRAPHOPHONE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1910.

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s ramen THOMAS 'H. MACDONLD, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTCUT, ASSGNORTO AMERICAN GRPHOPHONE COMPANY, Olli"v BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF wns'r vrnornra.

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Patented dug. 26,1913..

To all 'whom if may concern:

Be it known that l, 'lnoaras ll., MACDON- Ann,x a citizen ot the United States of America, .and va resident of. Bridgeport, Connecticut, have invented a new Vand useful improvement in Cabineted Graphophoncs, which invention is fully setforth in the following specification.

lt/ly invention relates to talkingmachines, and is especially adapted tothe type employing disk sound-records. A

Among the objects ot thel invention is the production ot a combined apho hone and table or desk (or ca inetedp phone so vconstructed and arranged that the graphophone may be utilized without in tertering with the use ot the device asfa table, and vice versa, while the table serves as a casing or cabinet to support and inclose the graphophone.

@ther obyects ot my invention are to simplity the construction and arrangement ot to provide a dust-proof cabinet which is neat 'and attractive in appearance, and at Athe same time irnproves the quality ot the audible reproduction from the graphophone; and to render the parts of the graphophone readily accessible when desired, while normally concealing the same.

@ne torin ot my invention comprises the mounting ot the graphophone upon a movable support, whereby it may be shiitted into exposed position or restored to concealment as desired.

lMy invention further consists otthe various tentures ot construction and arrangenient, as hereinafter pointed 4out and claimed.. l

'llhe invention will be best understood -by reterence tothe annexed drawings that illus-- trate av preterred embodiment thereot.

' lin the drawings-Figure l is a planview partly brolren away, showing thecabineted graphophone in its exposed position, the dotted lines indicating its osition when inn closed within the cabinet;

section oit the same, talren through line lill-lll ot llig. l, showing the graphophone inclosed within its cabinet, indicating its enposed osition by dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is an endpelevatiomviewed troni the right ot lligs. l and 2.

,ln the drawings l is the dat top-ot a table or cabinet, ot any desired or suitable type or style, having the usual corner posts or graphe'-- ig. 2is a vertical timbers 2 which may be continued as legs if. desired. l Secured-to the posts are two sidepieces or aprons 3 and 4, and the door 5. The door 5 is shown as cutaway at one end, in substantially the sector of a circle, at 6-78, and the movable support for the talking-machine is mounted lto swing into and out of the space thus provided, serving both as the graphophone-support and also as a door for closing that-end of the cabinet.

But, instead of locating the graphophone to swing in and out ot one end oi the cabinet, it may be-located in the side, or in-one end ot the side. The principle oil the invention is to vprovide a' construction which leaves the top of the cabinet free for use as a table, while adording means for at will concealing or exposing the graphophone..-

it preferred form oi movable support comprises the sector-shaped horizontal shell 9 and the vertical port-ion 10, the former corresponding to the cut-away space 6--7--8 ot door 5, and the latter serving as adoor to I close the end oi the cabinet. rlhis 'door lll is hinged to the cabinet 'adjacent the apex 6 ot the cuteaway portion referred to, and shelf 9 is rigidly secured and braced to it, so

that the shelf and door can swing treely into and out of the end of the cabinet as a single integral device. A convenient hinging comprises two pintle-plates ll and l2, 'one secured at the upper end ot the post 2 (adjacent the apen ci the cut-away portion) where it is concealed by the table top l, and

the other secured beneath it, as to thesame post-2 or a timber secured thereto, the two pintles being in vertical alinenent; Vand upon the adjacent end oit:y the inner tace ot door l@ is secured the verticallyldisposed llshapedstrip 13, whose horizontal ends provide seats for engaging the pintles il and l2. 1d indicates the handle oit any cnnvenient latch or itastening device tor securing the door l0 in closed position, and tor opening the sanne.l

'lhe graphophone-rnotor is secured to the under tace ot shelit d, being concealed trom view by the apron depending trom the circular edge ot said shell; and 16 vis a winding key or cranlr that inay be inserted through an opening in the door l0. rthe usual turn-table i7, driven 'trom said motor, is located above sheli 9, in plain sight when the door is swung outward. The hollow sound-conveyor or tone-arm 18, having the lill@ lll@ usual sound-box t and stylus) at its outer end, is mounted within the Gabinetto swing horizontally across the turn-table; and preferably it has the same vertical axis 11-12 as the movable support 9 10, so that it will Ialways have the same relation to the turntable, whether the latter is inclosed within the cabinet or swung out therefrom. It is shown as having a down-turned elbow journaled'in an annular plate 19 that constitutes a stationary bearing which is supported in any convenientmannerg'either by the inner end of the stationary sound-conveyer, or preferably upon a ledgeextending from the side Wall and. corner post of the cabinet. From this joint in annular plate 19 extends the stationary sound-conveyer or horn 20, shown as of thin wood or veneering arranged with substantially flat sides, and extending in a general horizontal direction toward the far end ot the cabinet or table, where its mouth is shown as Hush with an opening in'Y that end .of the cabinet. This opening may be closed partly or entirely, as by two hinged doors 21-21.

Although in the preferred construction the tone-arm is pivoted concentrically with the motor-support, yet this is not essential; because the stylus may make Contact with the surface of the disk sound-record, and

may travel across the zone of record-grooves thereon, through an indefinite number of paths. All that is essential is that the tonearm be so mounted that it can beV fed bythe record-groove, in operative relation thereto.

lf desired the horn 2O might be of diiferent shape, and it might present its mouth in some other direction than that shown. It desired, the cubical boxings '22 may be einployed, one beneath each end of the cabinet, to conform to the usual library table; and spaces in these parts'may be employed for storing records etc. 23 denotes a vertical Wall or partition in the horn-compartment;

and, if desired, this compartment may be further inclosed by a vertical partition shaped to conform to the contour of the cutaway portion, along the lines 6-7 and 7 8.

It desired, a drop door 24 may be pro vided in the swinging door 10, being hinged at 25 about the level of turn-table 17, and having a fastening or catch 26. -By this construction access may be obtained to the graphophone by merely swinging out this little drop door, instead of swinging the ene tire graphophone out from the compartment; when this drop door is open the tonearm 18 can be swung out and a fresh needle substituted, and a reslrsound-record can at the same time be substituted upon turn-table 17. When the drop door is employed, the graphophone need not haye a movable support, since access can be obtained for operating the same through the opening of the drop door, and access can be had to the mechanism by merely opening the larger door. -But I prefer the construction in which the graphophone is mounted upon a swinging shelf or support as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I.

claim: l In a talking machine mounting, the combination of a rectangular-shaped boxing, a

segmental-shaped shelf pivotally mounted in one corner of said boxing, a graphophone mounted on said shelf, a tone-arm pivotally mounted inaxial alinement with the pivot of said shelf, and a stationary horn with1n said boxing with its small end lying be `tween one side of the boxing and said shelf and its large or ared Aend opening out through the end of the boxing opposite said shelf. In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS'H. MACDONALD. Witnesses:

M. E. THORPE, C. W. HEDBERG. 

